Course overview
Our degree in medicine (MBBS) will train you to become a professional, compassionate doctor. Offering an innovative approach to medical education, we focus on early patient contact - you'll see patients in clinical settings from the very first year.
In line with our aim to create a representative workforce, we will apply a weighting to applicants who meet our widening participation criteria.
Why study with us
Patient interaction from Year 1 in diverse urban and rural clinical placements.
You will study a spiral curriculum which enables you to deepen your knowledge and understanding throughout the course.
Develop your expertise in a range of practical areas, including clinical, communication, observation, teamwork and leadership skills.
What you’ll do
Our on-campus clinical skills laboratories have a vast range of equipment - including a number of high fidelity clinical human simulators - to help develop clinical skills in realistic hospital, home and GP surgery environments.
You’ll benefit from a mixture of work-based learning and clinical placements throughout your five years.
Enjoy multi-professional learning and train alongside students on other health courses, developing the key skills required to work in a healthcare team.
Accreditations
Future careers
Successful completion of the course will enable you to meet core requirements as a Junior Doctor and allow you to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council.
Please visit The University of Lancashire’s website for the latest information about our modules.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Lancashire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
See why these ratings were awarded
What does this TEF outcome mean?
The following entry points are available for this course:
The University of Lancashire accepts a number of international foundation programmes, full details of which can be obtained from the International Admissions Team at ia@lancashire.ac.uk
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| IELTS (Academic) | 7.5 | with no component score less than 7.0 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date) |
Our Fair Access Scheme recognises barriers into education and allows us to make an offer with lower entry requirements. At the University of Lancashire, we are proud to help people seize every opportunity to flourish in education, at work and for life. We recognise that students from disadvantaged backgrounds often face significant challenges to access and succeed in higher education. Our Fair Access Scheme ensures that students aren’t limited by circumstances and can achieve their potential.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Please note the fee for Year 1 is £9,790. The fee for Year 2 is £10,050. Fees for Year 3 will be £10,050 plus inflation linked increases, in line with the government fee cap.
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